Improvement in shower-bath apparatus



H. J. BAILEY. SHOWER-BATH APPARATUS.

No. 192.728. Patented July 3,1877.

N. PETERS. PHcTO-LlTHdGRAPnER. WASHINGTON D C.

UNITED sir IMPROVEMENT IN SHOWER-BATH APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,728, dated July 3,1877; application filed May 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY J. BAILEY, of Pittsburg, county of Allegheny,State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered a new and usefulImprovement in Shower-Bath Apparatus; and 1 do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full,- c lear, concise, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of thisspecification, in which-like letters indicating like parts- Figure 1 isa perspective view of my improved apparatus for shower-baths, the roseand its supporting-bracket being shown by aid of dotted lines in twopositions. Figs. 2 and 3 represent modificationsin the construction ofthe rose, and Figs. 4, 5, and dare sectional views of the combined cockused, representing the same in different positions.

A, Fig. 1, represents a bath-tub B B, the ordinary hot and cold watercocks; c, a rotary valve or case for combined bath and shower-cock, ofwhich b b are the dischargenozzles; H, a hose; d, the rose for givingthe shower; 6, an adjustable bracket, to which the roseis clamped bymeans of a set-screw, d,

and recess 13, as shown in Fig. 2, or by anequivalent device.

The bracket e may be of any construction, such as will allow ofadjustment in one or more directions but by preference I use one, whichadmits of being elevated or depressed,

moved sidewise, and to and from the wall or support, as shown in Fig.1;and I also prefer to joint or hinge the several sections so that theouter arm, to which I have shown the rose attached, may be placed in ahorizontalposition, as shown.

By means of the screw-clamp d the rose may be adjusted on the bracket todirect the shower in any direction, and the adjustment of the bracketallows the rose to be set at any point desired within the range of thebracket.

When the rose dis released from the bracket, the sharp angle made by itssides and face is liable to dent or mar the tub or furniture with whichit comes in contact. To prevent this I inclose or guard such angle by anelastic band,

' g, as shown. This band may be kept in place by overlapping the angle,as shown in Fig. 3,

or a recess or groove, 8, may be made in the outerperiphery of the roseat or near the angle, and an elastic band seated therein, as shown inFig. 2, the band being broken away in part in both figures to show thegroove and angle.

The cocks. BB unite in or open into the pipe a, which pipe is providedwith two ports or openings, 1' 'r, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, oneport, r, being placed, by preference, on theunder side of the pipe, soas to discharge directly downward, as shown in Fig. 5, the other port 4"being placed on the upper side of such pipe, but not directly above theport 1'.

The case 0 is also provided with two ports on its opposite sides,opening into the nozzles b b. This case is fitted to the pipe at so asto operate as a valve, and, by turning the same, to open or close theports 7' 1". When adjusted, as shown in Fig.5, the port 1' opens to thenozzle 12 and discharges directly downward, the port 1" being closed. Byturning the nozzle b to the left, as shown in Fig. 4, the port 7' willbe closed and the port 7" opened to the nozzle b for shower.

The usual wasteport is shown at o. By turning the nozzle 12 to thatside, as shown in Fig. 6, both ports 7 T will be closed, and thecontents of the hose H drained off. If preferred, the waste-port 2: maybe extended up to the top of the pipe as, as shown, so as to drain thehose when the port 1 is open. By this arrangement either port may beopened, I or both closed, by a slight movement of the case or valve 0,whereas, as formerly constructed, a semi-rotation of the valve wasnecessary in order to change the discharge from one nozzle to the other.

I do notwish to confine myself to a movable valve or nozzle case, sincethe pipe 0. may be made to turn as a cock, and thus open either port tothe proper discharge-nozzle. Also, the ports 0 0* may be ,placed inline, one above the other, and the nozzles b b so placed on the case orvalve 0 as to open but oneport atatime; and such modificationslconsidermechanical equivalents of the devices described.

I claim herein as my invention- 1. In a shower-bath apparatus, thecombination of a rose, an adjustable bracket, a hosepipe, and awater-supply, substantially as described.

2. A bath-shower nozzle, provided with a suitable clamp or device forattaching to and detaching the same from a bracket or support,substantially as described.

3. In a shower-bath apparatus, the combination of rosed, having a clamp,d, or equivalent device, and an adjustable bracket, sub

stantially as set forth.

4. In combination with a water-supply-pipe, a bath-discharge nozzle, b,a shower-discharge nozzle, 1), a valve or case, 0, and a pipe or cook,

a, having two or more ports, 1' r, or openings,

substantially as described, whereby either nozzle may be opened to itssupply-port, or both closed by a slight movement of the valve.

In-testimony whereof I have hereunto'set Witnesses:

J. J. MCCORMICK, CLAUDIUS L. PARKER.

